Hugh Evans: The Origins of the Zodiac

Summary

The podcast reveals the rediscovery of the Zodiac's origin in Gwynedd, North Wales, claiming it predates known civilizations. It suggests that the land features in North Wales influenced the creation of constellations in the night sky. This groundbreaking research could transform our understanding of ancient history and its myths.

Key takeaways

• 1The Zodiac in Gwynedd is thousands of years older than Babylonian and Egyptian versions.
• 2Features on the ground in Gwynedd influenced the selection of stars for constellations.
• 3The research aligns terrestrial landmarks with astrological icons of the zodiac.
• 4Hugh Evans is the author of 'The Origins of the Zodiac, Cadair Idris and the Star Maps of Gwynedd'.
• 5The study involves extensive hieroglyph interpretation and language translation.

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Transcript excerpt

So I was reminiscing this afternoon, looking at photographs from our recent visit to Guatemala and tical and a number of pyramids and temples that I had a chance to climb, and it struck me with a good thought. And the general narrative about the populating of the Americas, and this is what is taught in the universities, is that there was a land bridge during the last Ice Age that led people from Asia, which was you know, Soviet Union, to the America's via a land bridge to Alaska. So the ice was the temperatures were so cold that it froze a portion of the ocean and created a land bridge. It's known as the Bearing Straight. We all taught this in college and in high school. I mean I think I learned it in high school. And that's the general theory of populating the Americas is that people were looking hunters and gatherers were looking to feed their families, and the game what they call megafauna animals were leading them into the Americas via Alaska. Now this is this is uh, you know, like I said, it's been taught for decades and it makes a lot of sense if you're looking at portions of Canada and into the United States. Where it doesn't really work is when you start talking about Mexico and Central America, because that's a long way to go, that's, you know, thousands of miles. And this is where my theory comes up, my hypothesis of great migration. Hey, Cliff, your host of Earth ancients. ...

Excerpt from Earth Ancients, Aug 8, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.